Howard
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Jan 21, 2008, 9:15 AM
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Well now Antioch, saying a prayer for me is extraordinarily decent of you!!
Don't forget your prayer mat. Can be hard on the knees !!
Thanks for the input and I am still a little doubtfull about do it or not do
it. There is something in the old saying about that if it works don't fix it
I will study the contributions from youtube ............ as recommended.
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"antioch" wrote:
>
> "Richard Cole" <ispcrco@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:8097p3tnpi67n4p4k9q5b2a165up87vqqn@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:22:01 -0800, Howard
> > <Howard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Thanks for the comments, everything is helpful. On the Vista test it does
> >>not
> >>give a score any more. It just says that there are "no issues". Richard
> >>you
> >>write that I should make sure nothing is running in the background before
> >>doing a clean install. Doesn't a clean install wipe everything or am I
> >>misunderstanding what I assume to be the definition of a clean install?.
> >>Bill, Are they seriously making another SP for XP? I hadnt heard about it
> >>and can't understand why they should do it as it is almost impossible to
> >>buy
> >>(in my area) an XP OS now and totaly impossible to buy new with XP. Your
> >>other observation also had me going a bit. After all the hassle with
> >>marketing Vista why on earth would microsoft come with another (windows7)
> >>less than two years after Vista? Can you point me in the direction of any
> >>documentation please?
> > Howard
> >
> > I meant that all the crap that normally runs in the background (firewall,
> > anti-virus, seti@home, etc) should be turned off to free up the maximum
> > amount of memory and processor.
> >
> > By clean install, I mean an installation onto an otherwise empty PC, not
> > an
> > upgrade installation over an existing XP OS.
> >
> > Richard
>
> And may I add, do not forget to backup all your docs etc onto disc - it
> would be disastrous to wipe off XP before doing the upgrade.
>
> The below video might help and give you some idea of what is entailed in an
> upgrade
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23mZhWZwJ3Q
>
> You may find this amusing
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJfuFfpbIU&feature=related
>
> Even funnier
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwno
>
> MS upgrade info - I had these in Favourites - in case I had a rush of blood
> to the head Some I think have been updated - well I hope they have.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931225
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943902
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/51ff932f-a9b4-4015-a847-09bfac51a18f1033.mspx
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradepaths.mspx
>
> Also, it might be a good idea to pop into the appropriate Vista group in the
> web interface discussion groups, where you have posted.
> Ask about upgrading in there.
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx
>
> I will try to say a prayer for you tonight
>
> Rgds
> Antioch
>
>
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